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Laura Claycomb Putting the color into coloratura

Repertoire

All in alphabetical order:

Opera

COMPOSER TITLE ROLE
D. Argento The Dream of Valentino Jean Acker/Voice
V.Bellini I Capuleti e I Montecchi Giulietta
La Sonnabula Amina
A. Berg Lulu (work in progress) Lulu
H. Berlioz Benvenuto Cellini (Weimar version) Teresa
L. Bernstein Candide Cunegonde
B. Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tytania
A. Copland The Tender Land Laurie
L.Delibes Lakmé Lakmé
G.Donizetti Don Pasquale Norina
L’elisir d’amore Adina
La fille du régiment Marie
Linda di Chamounix Linda
Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia
Elliot Goldenthal Grendel Queen Wealtheow
C.Gounod Romeo et Juliette Juliette
G.Händel Alcina Morgana
Ariodante Dalinda, Ginevra
Giulio Cesare Cleopatra
Radamisto Polissena
Semele Semele
Xerxes (Serse) Romilda
J. Haydn L’Incontro improvviso Rezia
Der Apotheker Grilletta
E. Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel Gretel
G. Ligeti Le Grand Macabre Amanda
J. Massenet Cendrillon Cendrillon , la Fée (work in progress)
J. Massenet Manon Manon
O. Messiaen St. Francois d’Assise Angel
D.Milhaud Christoph Colombe Duchesse/Angel
C.Monteverdi L’Incoronazione di Poppea Drusilla , Poppea
W.A. Mozart La Clemenza di Tito Servilia
Die Entführung aus dem Serail Konstanze, Blonde
La finta giardiniera Serpetta , Sandrina
Idomeneo Ilia
Lucio Silla Giunia
Mitridate, re di Ponto Ismene Aspasia
Der Schauspieldirektor Madame Silberklang, Madame Herz
Die Zauberflöte Pamina, Königen der Nacht
J. Offenbach Les Contes d’Hoffmann Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta (1st version), Stella
T. Pasatieri La Divina Madame Altina
G. Puccini Gianni Schicchi Lauretta
M. Ravel L’Enfant et les Sortilêges Feu (Princesse, work in progress)
N. Rimsky-Korsakov Zolotoy Pyetushok (Golden Cockerel) Tsarina of Shemakhan
G. Rossini Le Comte Ory Comtesse Adele
Il Viaggio a Rheims Corinna
Il turco in Italia Fiorilla
Tancredi Amenaide
R. Strauss Arabella Fiakermilli, Zdenka (work in progress)
Ariadne auf Naxos Zerbinetta
Der Rosenkavalier Sophie
I. Stravinsky The Rake’s Progress Ann Truelove
Le Rossignol (in Russian) Rossignol
C. Susa Dangerous Liaisons Cecile
A. Thomas Hamlet Ophélie
A. Thomas Mignon Philine
T. Traetta Ippolito ed Aricia Fedra
R. Vaughan-Williams Sir John in Love Mistress Page
G. Verdi Rigoletto Gilda

STRUCK-THROUGH ROLES are roles now retired from working repertory.

Orchestral

COMPOSER TITLE ROLE
J.S.Bach B minor Mass
Cantatas BWV 187 (“Es wartet alles auf dich”), BWV 210 (Wedding – “O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit”), BWV 211 (Coffee – “Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht), “Sich üben im Lieben; Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen BWV 51,
Magnificat
L. Beethoven Christus am Olberge Op. 85
Samuel Barber Knoxville, Summer of 1915
A. Berg Lulu suite 
J. Brahms German Requiem
Benjamin Britten Les Illuminations
E.Chausson Poème de l’Amour et de la Mer
Aaron Copland 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson

  1. Nature, the gentlest mother
  2. There came a wind like a bugle
  3. The world feels dusty
  4. Heart, we will forget him
  5. Dear March, come in!
  6. Sleep is supposed to be
  7. Going to Heaven!
  8. The Chariot
C.Debussy Le Martyre de St. Sebastien Ange
Fauré Requiem 4-part mixed chorus with soprano and baritone soli, orchestra (or organ)
Philip Glass (*1937) Symphony No. 5 (Choral) Requiem, Bardo and Nirmanakaya
R. Glière Concerto for Coloratura Soprano
George Friedrich Händel Apollo e Dafne Dafne
Il delirio amoroso
Messiah soprano soloist
J. Haydn (3rd) Lord Nelson Mass
B flat Major Mass
The Creation (English and German)
Die Jahreszeiten
P. Hindemith Das Marienleben (6 orchestrated songs)
W. Lutoslawski Chantefleurs et Chantefables
G. Mahler Symphony #4″…wir geniessen die Himmlichen..”
Symphony #2 soprano solo
Symphony #8 3rd soprano solo
D. Milhaud Chansons de Ronsard
W.A Mozart C Minor Mass
W.A. Mozart Concert Arias: K. 294 Alcandro, lo confesso… Non so d’onde viene; K. 316 Popoli di Tessaglia; K. 368 Ma che vi fece, o stelle… Sperai vicino il lido; K. 383 Nehmt meinen Dank; K. 416 Mia speranza adorata… Ah, non sai qual pena sia; K. 418 Vorrei spiegarvi, o Dio; K. 419 No, no, no, che non sei capace; K. 538 Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle
W.A. Mozart Coronation Mass
Motet K. 165 – Exultate, jubilate
Requiem (work in progress)
Der Schauspieldirektor Madame Silberklang, Madame Herz
C. Orff Carmina Burana
G.B. Pergolesi Stabat Mater
F. Poulenc Gloria
Stabat Mater
André Previn Honey and Rue (Six Songs for soprano and orchestra) (work in progress)
H. Purcell Ode to Saint Caecilia
S. Rachmaninoff Vocalise
J. Rutter Requiem
D. Scarlatti Vespero di St. Caecilia
D. Scarlatti Stabat Mater
F. Schubert Mass in G
R. Strauss Brentano Lieder
Vier Letzte Lieder
Zerbinetta’s aria (first version)
Johann Strauss Fruhlingsstimme (Voce di Primavera) Soprano + orchestra
I. Stravinsky Japanese Lyrics
Balmont Songs
K. Szymanowski Tales of a Fairytale Princess (all songs)
E. Toch The Chinese Flute
R. Vaughan-Williams Serenade to Music
Sea Symphony
G. Verdi Aria: “Merci, jeunes amis (Merce’ dilette) from Les Vepres Siciliennes
A. Vivaldi Gloria
A. Vivaldi Cantatas RV129, RV157, “ (solo voices, mixed chorus, orchestra)

Operetta Repertoire

  • Bernstein – Glitter and Be Gay (Candide)
  • Victor Herbert – Italian Street Song (Naughty Marietta)
  • Luigi Arditi – Kiss Waltz (Il bacio)
  • Richard Heuberger – Im Chambre separee (Der Opernball)
  • Carl Millocker – Ich schenk mein Herz (Die Dubarry)
  • Carl Zeller – Ich bin die Christel von der Post (Der Vogelhandler)
  • Carl Zeller – Sei nicht bös (Der Obersteiger)
  • Franz Lehar – Vilja-Lied (Die lustige Witwe)
  • Franz Lehar – Einer wird kommen (Der Zarewitsch)
  • Franz Lehar – Meine Lippen, die kussen so heiss (Giuditta)
  • Rudolf Sieczynski – Wien, du Stadt meiner Traume
  • Franz Lehar – Ich bin verliebt (Schön ist die Welt)
  • Johann Strauss – Mein Herr Marquis (Die Fledermaus)
  • Johann Strauss Fruhlingstimmewalzter
  • Johann II Strauss/Benatzky arr. – Nonnenchor (Casanova)

Wishlist Repertoire

Elliot Carter Warble for Lilac-time (Walt Whitman) soprano and orchestra
Claude Debussy La Damoiselle Ëlue for Soprano solo, female Chorus and orchestra
Oscar Esplà Canciones Playeras
Enrique Granados La Maja y el Ruisenor  from “Goyescas” soprano and orchestra
Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki (1933-) Symphony No. 3
Arvo Pärt Como Cierva sedienta(Psalm 42-43) soprano, women’s choir, orchestra
Giambattista Pergolesi Stabat Mater 2 sopranos, string orchestra, organ
Silvestre Revueltas Cinco canciones de ninos y dos canciones profanas, 1938-1939 (soprano and orchestra) (10 minutes)
Kaija Saariaho Château de l’âme (work in progress) Five songs for solo soprano, eight female voices and orchestra
Cinq reflets (work in progress) solo soprano, baritone, orchestra (30 minutes)
Robert Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50
Johann Strauss Souvenir Waltz
Ralph Vaughan-Williams Three Songs from “The House of Life” (arr. By Maurice Johnstone 1968 for string orchestra and harp or piano)

Recital

Dominick Argento Letters from Composers

    (with guitar)

  1. Frederic Chopin to a friend
  2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to his father
  3. Franz Schubert to a friend
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach to the Town Council
  5. Claude Debussy to a friend
  6. Giacomo Puccini to a friend
  7. Robert Schumann to his fiancee

Samuel Barber 

  • St. Ita’s Vision
  • Sure on this Shining Night
  • The Crucifixion

Vincenzo Bellini 

Leonard BernsteinTwo Love Songs (Rilke)

  1. Extinguish my eyes
  2. When my soul touches yours (wma version) … mp3 version

Mark Blitzstein 

  1. until and I heard (e.e. cummings)
  2. open your heart (e.e. cummings)

Nadia Boulanger

  1. Soir d’hiver

Brahms

  • Wie Melodien sieht es mir

Elliott Carter

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 

  • Ninna Nanna (per l’album di una bimba) parole di U.C.T.
  • L’infinito (1921) (Giacomo Leopardi)
  • 3 Heine-Lieder (1926):.
  • Zu Halle auf dem Markt
  • Sommerabend
  • Am Teetisch

5 Poesie Romanesche

     (1946):

  • Sogni
  • Palloncini
  • Piove
  • Grandine
  • Er treno

Francisco Cavalli 

  • Dolce amor, bendato dio

Marcantonio Cesti (1618-1669)

  • Ah, quanto e’ vero (Aria of Venus from “Il Pomo d’Oro”)

Ernest Chausson Poemes de l’amour et de la mer

  1. Les fleurs des Eaux
  2. La Mort de l’Amour
  3. Le Temps des lilas (Maurice Bouchor)

Aaron Copland

  • Heart, we will forget him (Emily Dickinson)
  • Pastorale (from the Kafiristan)
  • Vieux Poème – translations of Jules Casadesus (Old Poem – words from Chinese by Arthur Waley)
  • Why do they shut me out of Heaven? (Emily Dickinson)

Claude Debussy 

  • Apparition (Stephane Mallarme)
  • Fêtes galantes

Fêtes galantes pour Madame Vasnier (1882)

  1. Pantomime (Paul Verlaine)
  2. Clair de Lune (1re version – Paul Verlaine)
  3. Fantôches
  4. En sourdine
  5. Mandoline
  6. Pierrot (Theodore de Banville)

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

  • (Songs my mother taught me) Als die alte Mutter, op. 55 (Adolf Heyduk)

Manuel de Falla (with piano or *With guitar) Siete canciones

  1. El pano moruno
  2. Seguidilla Murciana
  3. Asturiana
  4. Jota
  5. Nana
  6. Cancion
  7. Polo

Stephen Foster 

  • Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
  • Beautiful Dreamer

Bernardo Gaffi (17th cent.)

  • Luci vezzose

Federico Garcia Lorca (with guitar)

  • Anda, jaleo
  • Los pelegrintos

Enrique Granados Canciones amatorias

    (revision de Rafael Ferrer)

  1. Descubrase el pensamiento de mi secreto cuidado
  2. Mananica era
  3. Llorad, corazon, que teneis razon
  4. Mira que soy nina, amor, dejame!
  5. No lloreis, ojuelos
  6. Iban al pinar
  7. Gracia mia

Charles Griffes

  1. Le Jardin – The Garden (Oscar Wilde)
  2. Impression du Matin – Early Morning in London (Oscar Wilde)
  3. La Mer – The Sea (Oscar Wilde)
  4. Le Reveillon – Dawn (Oscar Wilde)

Richard Hagemann 

  • At the Well (with piano or orchestra)(Rabindranath Tagore)
  • Do not go, my Love

Hindemith  Das Marienleben

  1. Geburt Mariae
  2. Die Darstellung Mariaeim Tempel
  3. Mariae Verkuendigung
  4. Mariae Heimsuchung
  5. Argwohn Josephs
  6. Verkuendigung Ueber Diehirten
  7. Geburt Christi
  8. Rast Auf Der Flucht Nach Aegypten
  9. Von Der Hochzeit Zu Kana
  10. Vor Der Passion
  11. Pieta
  12. Stillung Mariae Mit Demauferstanden
  13. Vom Tode Mariae
  14. Thema Mit Variationen
  15. Doch Vor Dem Apostel Thomas

Lee Hoiby 

  • Lady of the Harbor (Emma Lazarus- from The New Colossus1883)
  • The Serpent (Theodore Roethke)

Roy Harris

  • Fog (Carl Sandburg)

Korngold
from Lied der Abschied – Sterbelied

Nina Kotova Lyrica cycle

Franz Liszt  Three Songs from Schiller’s William Tell:

  1. Der Fischerknabe (first version)
  2. Der Hirt
  3. Der Alpenjaeger
  • Erste Sonett – Pace non trovo (Petrarca)

Joseph Marx 

  • Und gestern hat Er mir Rosen gebracht
  • Süss, düftenden Lindenblüte

From
Italienischen Liederbuch

     (1912):

  • Liebe (1907)
  • Die Liebste spricht
  • Die Begegnung
  • Die tote Braut
  • Die Verlassene
  • Wofür
  • Venetianisches Wiegenlied

Giovanni Battista Mazzaferrata 

  • Presto, presto io m’innamoro

Olivier Messiaen 

Pourquoi
Chants de terre et du ciel

  1. Bail avec Mi
  2. Antienne de Silence
  3. Dans du bébé-pilule
  4. Arc-en-ciel d’innocence
  5. Minuit pile et face
  6. Résurrection

Darius Milhaud Chansons de Ronsard

  1. A une fontaine
  2. A Cupidon
  3. Tais-toi, babillarde
  4. Dieu vous garde

Deux airs- (extraits de “Bolivar”)

  • Air de Manuela (Jules Supervielle)
  • Berceuse (Jules Supervielle)

Melisio Morales 

  • La farfalletta

John Musto (1954-) Quiet Songs

  1. maggie and milly and molly and may (e.e. cummings)
  2. Intermezzo (Amy Elizabeth Burton)
  3. Quiet Song (Eugene O’Neill)
  4. Christmas Carol {To Jesus on His Birthday} (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
  5. Palm Sunday: Naples (Arthur Symons)
  6. Lullaby (Leonie Adams)

Prince Josef Poniatowski 

  • All’amante lontano
  • T’amo, bell’idol mio

Francis Poulenc Fiancailles pour rires (Louise de Vilmorin)

  1. La Dame Andre’
  2. Dans l’herbe
  3. Il vole
  4. Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant
  5. Violon
  6. Fleurs
  • Les Chemins de l’Amour (Jean Anouilh)

André Previn  Four Songs

    (with cello and piano)

  1. Mercy
  2. Stones
  3. Shelter
  4. Lace

Sergei Rachmaninoff 

  • Oh , never sing to me again (Nye poi krasavitsa..) (Pushkin) Op.4
  • Au! (K. Balmont) Op. 38, n. 6
  • Dream (Son) (F. Sologoub) Op. 38, n.5
  • The Answer (Victor Hugo – L. Mey)
  • The harvest of sorrow (Tolstoy)
  • Believe it Not! (Tolstoy)
  • The Muse (Musa) (A. Pushkin)
  • The Storm (Pushkin)
  • What wealth of rapture (Kakoye stastye) (A. Feth)
  • Dissonance (Polonsky)

Ned Rorem 

Lauro Rossi

  • Aurette che placide

Kaija Saariaho 

  • Die Aussicht (with piano, violin, cello)

Savinelli 
T’amo bell’idol mio

Dmitri Shostakovich 

Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok Op. 127 (for piano, violin + cello)

Franz Schubert 

  • Rastlose Liebe (Goethe)
  • Gretchen am Spinnrade (Goethe)
  • Du bist die Ruh’
  • Ständchen
  • An die Musik

Juan de Lima Serqueira (165?-1727?)

  • Tono humano solo (with guitar) – “Todo es amor”

Richard Strauss Brentano Lieder, Op. 68

  1. An die Nacht
  2. Ich wollt’ ein Strausslein binden
  3. Saeussle, liebe Myrte
  4. Als mir dein Lied erklang
  5. Amor
  6. Lied der Frauen

Vier Letzte Lieder

    (with piano or with orchestra)

  1. Frühling (Hermann Hesse)
  2. September (Hermann Hesse)
  3. Beim Schlafengehn (Hermann Hesse)
  4. Im Abendrot (Joseph von Eichendorff)

John Tavener  Akhmatova Songs
(with cello)

Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky 

  • If only I had known (Kabbi snalaya…) Op. 47 (A.K. Tolstoy)
  • Was I not a little blade of grass (Ya livploye da nye travushka bila..) Op. 47 (Surikov)
  • Last Night (A.S. Khomyakov)
  • Lullaby (Kolibel’naya pesnya)(A.N. Maikov)
  • Alone again, as before (Snova, kak pryezhdye, adin) (Ratgauza)

Joaquin Turina Triptico

  1. Farruca (Campoamor)
  2. Cantilena (Duque de Rivas)
  3. Madrigal (Duque de Rivas)

Tres poemas

  1. Olas gigantes
  2. Tu pupila es azul
  3. Besa el aire

Ralph Vaughan Williams  William Blake Songs (1757-1827) – with Oboe

  1. Infant Joy
  2. A Poison Tree
  3. The Piper
  4. London
  5. The Lamb
  6. The Shepherd
  7. Ah! Sun-flower! weary of time
  8. Cruelty has a Human Heart
  • The Divine Image Eternity

William Walton  Anon. in Love (with guitar)(duration 9 1/2 minutes)

  1. Fain would I change that note
  2. O stay, sweet love
  3. Lady, when I behold the roses
  4. My love in her attire
  5. I gave her Cakes and I gave her Ale
  6. To couple is a custom

Anton Webern Drei Lieder (fur Gesang, es-klarinette und gitarre Op. 18)

  1. Schatzerl klein
  2. Erlosung
  3. Ave Regina

Hugo Wolf 

  • Die Bekehrte
  • Die Spröde
  • Verborgenheit
  • In dem Schatten meiner Locken
  • Auf ein Altes Bild

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari – Quattro Rispetti Opus 12:

  1. Quando ti vidi a quel canto apparire
  2. O guarda, guarda quel nobile augello
  3. Angiolo delicato fresco e bello
  4. Sie benedetto chi fece lo mondo!


Chamber Music

COMPOSER TITLE Instruments/Timing
T. Arne   *The Morning  String quartet
J.S.Bach *Cantatas BWV 21 “Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis”
*BWV 187 “Es wartet alles auf dich” –
*BWV 210 Wedding – “O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit”
* BWV 211 Coffee – “Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht
*”Sich üben im Lieben” 
oboe obbligato, basso continuo
Luciano Berio Chamber Music

  1. Strings in the Earth and Air (3)
  2. Monotone (2)
  3. Winds of May (1.25)

  

– for Soprano, clarinet, cello and harp (7 minutes)
Brahms/Reimann 5 Ophelia-Lieder    (soprano, string quartet)
Benjamin Britten A Birthday Hansel, op. 92   Soprano and Harp
Leo Delibes Le Rossignol    soprano, flute and piano
Maurice Delage *Quatre Poemes Hindous    piccolo flute, grande flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, harp and string quartet
Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki  Good Night –  soprano, alto flute, 3 tam-tams and piano
A.E.M. Gretry Aimable Aurore  soprano, flute, piano
Handel 9 German arias  soprano, violin, basso continuo
*Il delirio amoroso  soprano, string chamber orchestra, oboe, flute (a bec), violin solo
  CHAMBER DUETS: *A mirarvi io son intento; *Tanti strali; Troppo cruda, troppo fiera; *No, di voi non vo’ fidarmi; *Va, speme infida pur; *Sono Liete, fortunate
Hans Werner Henze Being Beauteous for coloratura soprano, harp and four cellos
Paul Hindemith Die Serenaden, Op. 35 for Soprano, oboe, violin and cello I. 
Barkarole  soprano, oboe, cello
An Phyllis  toccata fur cello, corrente fur soprano and cello
Nur Mut  fur soprano, oboe and violin
Duett  for violin and cello
Der Abend  soprano and oboe
Der Wurm am Meer  soprano, oboe, violin, cello
Trio  oboe, violin and cello
Gute Nacht  soprano and violin
*Das Marienleben songs Op. 27  small orchestra
Leos Janacek Zdravas Maria  mixed chorus, violin, organ (4.5 minutes)
Giya Kancheli EXIL (1994)  for soprano alt-and bassfloete, violin, viola, cello, bass (48min)
I – Psalm 23  (18.2 minutes)
II- Einmal  (4.2 minutes)
III – Zaehle die Mandeln  (9.13)
IV – Psalm  (7minutes)
V- Exil  8.47
N. Kotova *Lyrica Suite
Soprano and violoncello
Ernst Krenek *O Lacrimosa, Op. 48  soprano, 2 flutes, 2 Bflat clarinets, 2 bassoons, harp
*Die Nachtigall, op. 68  soprano, chamber orchestra – (flute, violins 1&2, viola, cello, contrabass)
Andre Previn Vocalise  for soprano, cello and piano
*Four Songs (Toni Morrison)

  1. Mercy
  2. Stones
  3. Shelter
  4. The Lacemaker
soprano, cello and piano
Augusta Read Thomas In My Sky at Twilight: Songs of Passion and Love  soprano and chamber orchestra – piccolo, flute, oboe, 2 bflat clarinets, 2 horns in F, piccolo trumpet in Bflat, Trumpet in C, 2 percussion, 2 pianos, harp, violin 1 and 2, viola, violoncello
Ottorino Respighi Il Tramonto  voice with string quartet (15 minutes)
Kaija Saariaho Changing Light  soprano and violin
Il pleut (Apollinaire)  soprano and piano (or harp)
*Die Aussicht  soprano, flute (or violin), cello, piano (2 minutes)
Esa-Pekka Salonen *Five Images After Sappho  soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet in Bflat, bassoon, horns in F, Percussion, piano, harp, violin 1 & 2, viola, cello, double bass.
Pietro Alessandro Scarlatti No. 5, Si riscaldi il Tebro  (soprano, trumpet, basso continuo)
Alessandro Scarlatti Cantata Pastorale per la Nativia’ di Nostro Signore Gesu Cristo  soprano, string quartet and keyboard continuo
Alfred Schnittke Three Madrigals (1960) 

  1.  (senza tempo)
  2. Lento
  3. Allegretto
soprano, violin, double bass, harpsichord and vibraphone

  1. (2.46)
  2. (3.14)
  3. (4)
Arnold Schoenberg *Herzgewaechse, Op. 20  (soprano, celesta, harmonium, harp)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Auf dem Strom  soprano, horn (or cello), piano
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Op. 129  soprano, clarinet (or violin, flute, cello), and piano
Bright Sheng Three Chinese Love Songs

  1. Blue Flower
  2. At the Hillside Where Horses Are Running
  3. The Stream Flows
soprano, viola, piano

  1. (1.35)
  2. (1.33)
  3. (3.4)
Dmitri Shostakovich *Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok Op. 127  (for soprano, piano, violin + cello)
Dmitri Smirnov, *Op. 138
  1. *The Path (Lermontov)
  2. *Farewell (Lermontov)
Soprano, cello, piano
I. Stravinsky
  • *Japanese Lyrics
  • *Balmont Songs 
Soprano, chamber orchestra
John Tavener *Akhmatova Songs  (voice + String quartet) (or soprano and cello)
The World  soprano and string quartet 10 mins.
To a Child Dancing in the Wind – 9 songs  Soprano, flute, viola, harp 45min.
Depart in Peace  soprano and ensemble
Eternity’s Sunrise  soprano and period instruments
Maya Atma (2002)  Violin, soprano, Percussion 10 mins.
Samaveda (1997)  Flute, tampura, Soprano;5 mins.
Ernst Toch *Die chinesische Flöte  (soprano and chamber orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan-Williams Three Songs from “The House of Life”  (arr. By Maurice Johnstone 1968 for string orchestra and harp –or piano)
Heitor Villa-Lobos *Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5  (soprano and cellos)
Antonio Vivaldi *Salve Regina RV 617  soprano, violin solo, 2 violins, viola, bass
*Par che tardo  basso continuo
*Geme l’onda che parte dal fonte  –basso continuo
Lungi dal vago volto  – soprano, violin, basso continuo
Anch’il mar par che sommerga (from Idaspe dal Bajazet 1735 Verona)  2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630  – motetto per soprano, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Amor hai vinto  – soprano + basso continuo

Sample Recital Programs

San Francisco Chamber Music Recital 

Texas Tour Recitals, 2010

Southwestern University Recital 2020, Women’s Voices

Example Recital with guitar

Schwabacher Debut Recital in San Francisco – Program – March 24, 2003

Brussels Recital Program, April 19, 2003

Chicago Cultural Center Recital, June 2003

Tuscan Sun Festival/Bruges Concertgebouw Concerts 2004

Theatre de la Monnaie, February 2005

Santiago de Compostela, October 2005


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Young Artists’ Corner

My popular advice for young singers: The very first masterclass I gave, I jotted down a few ideas of things I wish I had known when I was just out of college; that advice has ballooned into this Young Artists Corner throughout my career. A book is forthcoming from this information, but in the meanwhile, there is plenty to read.

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